Pajamas



Aug. 2, 1932. c, SCHRANK 1,869,918

PAJAMAS Filed Oct. 22. 1931 Patented Aug. 2, 1932 UN1TEDSTATES PATENT@FFICE MAX 0. SCHRANK, or nnrnenro v, new JERSEY PAJ'AMAS Originalapplication filed November,

This invention relates to pajamas and particularly to the pants ortrousers thereof. An object of the invention is to provide such aarment, that is a garment of a trousers type, with legs which will be solarge at the bottom that the garment when worn will have the appearanceof a full skirt and yet fit snugly about the waist or body so that theappearance will beneat or trim and comm fortable and be free fromlooseness or fullness about the waist. Such a garment especiallycommends itself to women and girls.

My invention consists in whatever is described by or is includedwithin'the terms or scope of the appended claim.

This application is a division of my application for Patent No. 1,831,?69 which issued November 10, 1931.

In the drawing the invention is illustrated as embodying in the pants ortrousers member of a suit of pajamas and in such draw- Fig. 1 is aperspective View of a garment embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the waist and legs separated, dottedlines being shown between the separated parts to indicate the points oftheir connection with the waist;

Figs. 3 to 6 are respectively detail views of the parts or members fromwhich the garment is made.

Describing in detail what is shown in the drawing, there is a waistportion, 10, and a pair of legs, 11, the bottom of the waist and the topof the legs being sewed together on a seam, 12, which at the frontfollows substantially the groin of the body. The waist is formed to fittrimly or snugly t0 the corresponding part of the body and from theseam, 12, each trousers leg flares downward and outward, each leg iseffect being the frustum of a cone with a base of considerable diameterso that when the garment is worn the full and indeed the flaring efiectof a skirt is produced.

The waist is made of two pairs of complementary blanks, 13, and 14:,Fig. 2, the blanks of a pair being respectively back and front and ofopposite or reverse contour, each having two straight edges that extendat sub- 1930, Serial No. 493,383, Patent No. 1,831,769, dated November10, Divided and this application filed October 22,1931. Serial No.570,428.

stantially a right angle and which respectively form the top and outerside and two curved edges which converge and meetat a blunt end, 15, thetwo curved edges being respectively the point of union with the top ofthe appropriate leg and forming the seam, 16, which extends through thecrotch and on a median li ment. T

room or space at the crotch to avoid discomno at the front and back ofthe gar he blunt ends, 15, assure suflicient fort. The straight sideedges of the blanks of a pair are joined by a seam, 17 that eX- tendsonly a short distance from the groin seam, 12, they being unj oined fromthat point to the top so as to provide a side slit or placket forputting on and removing the opening garment and at the slit or placketthus provlded, a strip or placket piece, 18, is sewed at each edge suchstrip being formed from a blank that is folded transversely at.midlength to T0 constitute the placket slit bottom.

At one side of the placket is a row of buttons,

ton holes,

a limited and at the other side complementary but 20, so that thegarment is secured in range of a certain size as to waist be capable ofsufficient waist adjustment to suit persons of different waist measureswithin that size.

'This I accomplish by making the back parts, 13, at the upper edgestretchable from a normally contractedcondition to suit the waistmeasurements of persons larger than the contracted waist measure of thegarment. It for provi is equally important that the means 5 ding suchadjustment be such that the portion of the waist of the garment which isacted upon by the elastic shall at all times present a smooth, neatappearance and lie ing or rolling which besides being unsightly would ansure on the body. facture must be taken into account. achieve all thesethings by the construction ert a localized and annoying pres- Againeconomy of manushown in the drawing which comprises a band or considerato one on strap, 21, of inelastic .material of ble length and a shortsection or elastic, webbing 22, stitched each at one end d of the band,21, and at the other end being stitched to the waist portion of thegarment adjacent the placket. The strip or band with the elastic ends isenclosed in a hem or tunnel, 23, with lines of stitching adjacent theupper and lower edges of the strip or band. Vhatever puckering exists byreason of the contraction of the elastic sections is of very limitedextent at each side while for the most part, the waist at the back liessmooth and fiat and without any tendency to curl or twist or roll.

The inelastic strip, 21, may be a foldedover piece of cotton,.or otherinexpensive material between the overlying portions of which at theends, the ends of the elastic are in circuit.

Simply by way of illustration and without being limited to thedimensions in practice, the contraction by the normal contraction of theelastic sections is about an inch less than the normal Waist size of thegarment and it will stretch or expand to about two inches above thatnormal size and thus give approximately three inches of ad justment foreach side.

The blank shown in Fig. 4 from which each leg is made is a sector whichis substantially a semi-circle with the central portion. re moved sothat when the straight edges which form the diameter are securedtogether in a seam, 24, the funnel or frustum-cone shape legs, 11. willresult.

It will be evident that the garment shown in the drawing fulfills allthe conditions which it is stated hereinbefore is the object of theinvention to achieve. The garment thus produced is trim, neat andcomfortable being free from objectionable fullness at the waist and dueto the full skirt effect is comfortable about the legs and stylish.

What I claim is As an improvement in apparel suitable for outside Wear,a garment having a waist portion with a placket at each side that opensfrom the top downward, means for securing each placket in a closed.position, a hem forming a tunnel that extends from the rear edge of oneplacket to the rear edge of the other placket across the waist portionat the back, and a short normally contracted piece of elastic webbingsituated in the tunnel adjacent each placket with its forward endterminating at and secured adjacent the rear edge of the placket and therear end of each piece of webbing being secured in the tunnel, theportion of the garment at the waist between the rear ends of the twoopposite pieces of webbing being inelastic and by the opposing pull ofthe two pieces of webbing when the two plackets are secured in closedposition, being maintained in a smooth condition against the back of thewearer and the portion of the garment at the waist that reaches from theforward edge of one placket to the forward edge of the other placketbesignature.

MAX 0. SCI-IRANK.

